Repair bladder defect at West Virginia University Hospitals

1 Medical Center Dr, Morgantown, WV · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1841271459

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 9, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$11,821.25

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$23,642.50

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$205.80 with wellpoint west virginia vs $20,399.13 with blue cross blue shield ppo — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -98%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -98%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -98%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -98%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -98%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -98%
aetna better health pa chip $776.00 ↓ -93%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $799.28 ↓ -93%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $814.80 ↓ -93%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $853.60 ↓ -93%
upmc for kids chip $853.60 ↓ -93%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $853.60 ↓ -93%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $931.20 ↓ -92%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $3,129.81 ↓ -74%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $4,815.09 ↓ -59%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $4,815.09 ↓ -59%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $4,815.09 ↓ -59%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $4,815.09 ↓ -59%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $4,815.09 ↓ -59%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $4,815.09 ↓ -59%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $4,815.09 ↓ -59%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $4,959.54 ↓ -58%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $4,959.54 ↓ -58%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $5,007.69 ↓ -58%
humana medicare advantage all plans $5,055.84 ↓ -57%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $5,055.84 ↓ -57%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $5,055.84 ↓ -57%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $5,055.84 ↓ -57%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $5,055.84 ↓ -57%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $5,104.00 ↓ -57%
wv senior advantage isnp $5,104.00 ↓ -57%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $5,104.00 ↓ -57%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $5,104.00 ↓ -57%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $5,248.45 ↓ -56%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $5,296.60 ↓ -55%
the health plan wv peia $5,402.53 ↓ -54%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $7,222.64 ↓ -39%
encova worker's compensation $7,222.64 ↓ -39%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $7,463.39 ↓ -37%
coventry health care worker's compensation $7,607.84 ↓ -36%
alliance coal alliance coal $8,426.41 ↓ -29%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $20,399.13 ↑ +73%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $20,399.13 ↑ +73%

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Repair bladder defect at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $1,216.80 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $4,471.50 $205.80 – $8,356.46
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $779.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $4,614.50 $205.80 – $8,425.34
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $760.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $4,614.00 $205.80 – $9,024.70
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $6,692.50 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $819.00 not published

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